Immunohistochemical staining was performed on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections of human and mouse lung tumor tissues as previously described [16 (link)]. Primary antibodies include rabbit polyclonal anti-human Oct4 (2750, Cell Signaling, Beverly, MA), rabbit monoclonal anti-human M-CSF (ab52864, Abcam, Cambridge, MA), and rabbit polyclonal anti-human/mouse CD206 (ab64693, Abcam). The immunoreactive intensity was analyzed with the HistoQuest analysis software (TissueGnostics, Vienna, Austria). Immunoblot analysis was performed to detect Oct4 and β-actin (as the loading control) using rabbit polyclonal anti-human Oct4 antibody (2750, Cell Signaling) and mouse monoclonal anti-β-actin-peroxidase antibody (A3854, Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO), respectively. For ELISA, A549 cells (1 × 106) that had been transduced with recombinant lentiviruses derived from pSin-null, pSin-EF2-Oct4, shLuc, shOct4#4880, or shOct4#4883 lentiviral vectors were cultured in 6-well plates, and their conditioned media were collected after 72 h for quantifying the levels of M-CSF, TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6 secretion with ELISA kits (R &D, Minneapolis, MN).
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